Religion is not the answer: How to turn restlessness into meaningful change - the Egyptian conundrum
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Alain C. Seckler
Botman, Selma
City University of New York
2014
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Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-321-30757-3
M.A.
Liberal Studies
City University of New York
2014
The situation in Egypt and elsewhere in parts of the Arab world is to some extent reminiscent of the situation that prevailed before 1914 in Europe, where a motley array of unharnessed popular micronationalisms (today, instrumentalized religious fervor) combined with big power politics and interests and led to the cataclysm of war. With regard to Egypt, there is also a huge generational gap, with 2/3 of Egypt's population below the age of 35 years. The so-called "solutions" of the past, whether religious or secular, will no longer work if the voice of the young people is not heard by their elders.
Middle Eastern history; Middle Eastern Studies; Political science
Social sciences;Arab spring;Egypt;Middle east;Peace;Religion;War